Shadowdark RPG

 Really enjoyed a recent run of a relatively new RPG called Shadowdark.  Call it OSR rewrite or Dungeon Crawl Classics lite.  Shadowdark occupies a space between them.  The game is well supported by the designer and fans so I wanted to list some of the resources.

The official website:

https://www.thearcanelibrary.com/pages/shadowdark

"Shadowdarklings" a character creator where you can create, store and print characters.

https://shadowdarklings.net/

"Shadowdorks" is another character creator

https://www.shadowdork.com/welcome-component

"Shadowdark Tools" is really good for character, encounters, monsters, and campaign management

https://shadowdarktools.com/

"Shadowdark" on io.itch is a great resource for third-party publications, some free, some pay, some pay what you want

https://itch.io/c/2978547/shadowdark

A free Shadowdark quickstart guide is available free on Drivethru RPG

https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/413713/Shadowdark-RPG-Quickstart-Set

"Dark Emporium" is a blog and resource for third-party products

https://dark-emporium.com/

There is a Shadowdark Reddit group

https://www.reddit.com/r/shadowdark/

 and Facebook group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/shadowdarkrpg

and Discord Server

https://discord.gg/thearcanelibrary

Kiev Dragoons

 Kiev Dragoons are ready for the line!  These are more AB Miniatures (15/18mm).

Heavy Support for WWII Minis

 Just finished some German 15cm heavy artillery along with 15cm Infantry Gun and 5cm PAK.  And some Soviet 160mm mortars.  The infantry on snow bases in the pic are Germans in greatcoats armed with Russian SMGs (courtesy Peter Pig minis).   these are all 15mm sized minis.  Thanks to Jim for printing the 15cm heavy artillery.

The little shiny objects in the corners of the bases are magnets I use to hold any status markers.  For Rapid Fire rules, they aren't really needed but I also use the stands in operational level games where a stand can be a battalion or regiment.  I usually dull down the shiny magnets with a black or brown Sharpie marker.  

Joseph Napoleon Infantry

 A couple of battalions of the Joseph Napoleon Regiment

Young Guard Voltigeurs

 Latest off the painting table are two battalions of Young Guard Voltigeurs.

WWII In The Pacific

 I've recently started acquiring Allied and Japanese naval fleets for 1942 naval battles.  A friend, Rocky, has devised a set of naval rules that resolve battles in around 3 hours with simple methods of calculating firepower at range, chance to hit, and damage effects of hits and with all the various weapon effects from plunging fire, torpedoes and aircraft.

We have been using 1:2400 scale ships along with 1:900 scale aircraft.  Mostly from XP Forge, a 3D Print company. 

Here are pics of recently formed Allied fleet and IJN fleet.

The Allied fleet includes British, Dutch, Australian, and United States ships along with Buffalo fighters and British carrier based aircraft.

The IJN fleet includes battleships, cruisers, and destroyers along with twin-engined bombers and float planes.  

I'll log the detailed order of battle as a separate page off the blog.

La Marchant's Heavy Cavalry Brigade

 at the time of Salamanca consisted of the 3rd and 4th Dragoons and the 5th Dragoon Guards.

3rd Dragoons  (Blue/Gold)

4th Dragoons (Green/Silver)

5th Dragoon Guards (Green/Gold)